Paper-bag holder.



J. W. DUNNIGAN.

PAPER BAG HOLDER.

APPLIOA'I'ION FILED JULY 3, 1900.

v 950,880. Pa'tented Feb. 22, 1910.

JAMES NILLIAM DUNNIGAN, 01F ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3. 1909. Serial No. 505,838.

To alt whom it may (.'(')I/r.'r"I'IL.

Be it known that l. .liu'na lt'xmurt Um;-

NioAN, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Altoona, in the county of Blair, btate of .Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and u tul ,llllpl'OVtllnClllS in Paper-Bag Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an in'iprovement in rotatseparate bunch and may be easily got at and removed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof: Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement; Fig. 2 a section on the line 2--2 of l ig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the holders; and Fig. l is a transverse section of a modified form of support.

The embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings consists of a support 1 which, as slhiwn in Figs. 1 and 2, is triangular in cross section, but may obviously be of any desired cross sectional form, the support being hollow as shown for the sake of lightness. The support is mounted on the upper end of a shaft 2, which is journaled at its lower end, in a step bearing 3, and the bearing is provided with radial feet 4, the feet being arched as shown and ar- I ranged with their convex sides upward.

The support shown in Fig. 1 is tapering in form and is arranged. with its large end downward, the ends being closed by plates 5, and the holders to be presently described in detail are secured to the side walls thereof. Each of the holders consists of a pint crably resilient strand, bent upon itself to form a body portion, and arms 1, the arms being crossed and having their free ends bent laterally and engaging openings in the support. The body part consists of a straight central portion 2 and straight side portions 3 which are oll'set from the central portion outwardly, as at 4; and upwardly, as at. The central portion 2, as will be evident lrom an inspection 0t Fig. 1, is (iiis secured to the support by a staple 6, while the side portions 3 are offset outwardly from the support and from the ends of the arms.

The bottom of the bags 7 rest upon one holder, as indicated in Big. 3, and the upper ends of the bugs are received beneath the arms of the next upper holder, each of the side portions 3 of the holder acting as a support for one bunch of bags.

Since the arms 1 of the holder are resilient, they firmly clamp the tops of the bags against the support while permitting them to be easily removed.

At the top of the support the-holder is differently formed, consisting of a. body 8, which is straight, and arms 9 secured to the support in the same manner as the arms 1, and in each of the anus is interposed a coil 10 for increasing the resiliency 0f the arms.

In Fig. 4 the support 11 is hexagonal in cross section, but is equipped with the same form ofholdcr as is the form shown in Fig. 1.

It will be evident from the description that the different sizes of bags may be ar-' ranged in separate bunches, each having a holder of its own, and that when so arranged the bags of each size may be easily taken hold of and removed. It will be ob,- served that the holders are arranged one above the other and with the cross of the arms of one directly beneath the central portion of the body ofthe next upper holder.

if desired the support may be provided with a number at the side of each holder indicating the size of the bag.

By the described construction, it wil he noticed that each of the bag holding devices is operated with a spring action upon the next lower bag holding device. This results from the overlapping of one bag holding device by the next upper one which is rendered practiczlble by the crossed construction of the "upwardly projecting spring arms which 5 ring arms cross each other above the bag molding portion proper of the.

device. This is an important feature of my invention and cannot be secured by any construction in which the arms of the bag holding device are parallel with each other and enables me to reinforce each of the bag rectly between the ends of the arms 1 and holding devices by the next upper one thus Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

' ries of bag holding devices.

' other upon the from and crossin Q 950,3eo

securing what might be' 'termed a chain of [bag holding devices being arranged to overreinforcements from emL to end of the selie the next lower one with the spi'ing arms I of the overlying device pressing with a spring action at points below their crossing over the corresponding arms of the next lower device at points above the crossing of I claim:

A bag holding device comprising a supj port and a series of. bag holding devices; ent from .wire and arranged one above the support, said devices having each a lower bag holding portion proper and spring arms extending upwardly thereeach other at a point midway between t eir ends and secured at theirupper ends to the support, each of said purposes set forth.

JAMES WILLIAM DU NNTGAN.

Witnesses CHARLES M. PIPER, MYRTLE RENNER.

the latter all substantially as and for the 2t 

